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A Prize Week For Authors In CanadaBy Stephen Weir Published September 17, 2014 Huffington Post Story

Yesterday it was the Giller. This morning it was the Griffin and the Weston Prizes and this weekend Word On The Street. This week is the busiest time of the year for authors, readers and the nation's book industry.
On Tuesday it was the Scotiabank Giller Prize announcing their longlist of a dozen authors for the 2014 Canadian Fiction Prize. The Giller also dropped a bomb - they aare doubling the prize purse given to the winning author - first prize is now $100,000. Runner-ups will receive $10,000 each.
The Giller is Canada's most prestigious fiction prize, and, with the new $10,000 award, it is now also one of the world's largest English language prizes. Usually the Giller announces here Toronto, but this year's shocker was made at McGill University'sMoyse Hall Theatre in Montreal. The award will be presented on November 10 and will be broadcast by the CBC.
This mor…

Haiti, Guyana and America - Three Films, Three Views on Political People in The Caribbean - by Kevin RelyeaCaribbean Tales International Film Festival

Films shown on Day 5 of the Festival at the Royal Theatre, Toronto

Showing at the Royal Theatre as part of the Caribbean Tales
International Film Festival, Political People is a trio of films that detail
the domestic problems of a less than thought of region that deserves western
attention. The three films are related thematically but are all drastically
different in their message, approach and style. The Caribbean Tales International Film Festival is a
celebration of Caribbean art and culture that will excite any casual movie-goer
or anyone with a political background. The films
shown are more than just entertainment as they can be educational as well
featuring history and politics of the region. Now in its ninth year the festival and
related events have taken place in Toronto, New York, and Barbados.

From my Huffington Post feature about the Mighty Sparrow and Lord Superior in the movie The Glamour Boyz Again - http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/stephen-weir/a-documentary-to-be-seen-_b_5767108.html
Toronto's Caribbean Tales International Film Festival kicked-off its ninth annual season last night at the Royal Theatre with a world premier screening of a new documentary about the Mighty Sparrow (Dr. Slinger Francisco) and Lord Superior (Andrew Marcano). Once dubbed the Calypso King of the World, an obviously failing Mighty Sparrow appeared on stage after the first showing of the Glamour Boyz Again: The Mighty Sparrow and Lord Superior on the Hilton Rooftop.
Written and directed by American author/filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn, the feature length movie follows a very simple format: two famous aging Calypsonians on a roof with one guitar and a bucket of Caribe ale. The two men are on top of Trinidad's swankiest hotel drinking beer and fruity cocktails while they sing and swap memories of …

Like many other self-employed communicators in Toronto I have an exciting/active career. On one hand I am an active publicist working on many high profile projects including the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Toronto Caribbean Carnival and RBC Taylor Prize, Cundill Prize on the other, as a journalist I have one book published (The Sinking of the Mayflower) under my name and have ghost written two other books. I am the travel editor of Diver Magazine and I write travel stories, cultural stories and housing stories for a number of daily newspapers in Canada.I am a Huffington Post. For forty years I have been researching, watching and writing about the History of Diving in the Movies. In the pages of Diver Magazine and a variety of other publications, my articles have been titled Blood And Bubble movies. I have documented over 3,000 movies dating back to the 19th century that show actors/actresses diving or snorkeling on film. My website, with three Blogs and a photography section represent just four small aspects of my work. Always Busy. Never Bored. stephen@stephenweir.com.